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Kerry Washington:
Washington has starred “The Last King of Scotland,” “Lakeview Terrace” and “Django Unchained,” but she has had one of her most striking roles as a Washington DC political fixer with a complicated relationship with the U.S.president in the ABC series "Scandal."

Ashley Judd:
The star of such films as “Heat,” “Kiss the Girls” and “De-Lovely” stepped into the role of a former CIA operative who gets back into the game in the 2012 TV thriller “Missing.” The studio wasn't thrilled by the ratings, canceling the show after its first season.

Alec Baldwin:
Baldwin made a name for himself on TV's “Knot's Landing” before he became a movie star with film likes “Beetlejuice” and “The Hunt for Red October.” But as network executive Jack Donaghy on “30 Rock,” he received two Emmys, three Golden Globes, six SAG awards and one Television Critics Association Award.

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Chris O'Donnell:
Nominated for a supporting actor Golden Globe Award for 1992's “Scent of a Woman,” his big screen career faltered with the critically reviled “Batman & Robin” five years later. A four-episode arc in 2003 in “The Practice” signaled a friendlier reception in television and found a home for himself since 2009 in “NCIS: Los Angeles.”

Christina Ricci:
Ricci had some success in a recurring role on “Ally McBeal” in 2002, but her attempt to star in series TV in 2011's “Pan Am” was short-lived. Since then, she's been far busier in the movies with roles in “War Flowers,” “Around the Block,” “The Smurfs 2” and more.

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Donna Reed:
One of TV's favorite moms in the early goings of television, Reed first made her name as James Stewart's sweet wife in "It's a Wonderful Life" and as a prostitute (supporting actress Oscar) in "From Here to Eternity.

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Elisabeth Shue:
The best actress Oscar nominee for “Leaving Las Vegas” jump to TV marked a return to “Sin City” when she joined the forensics team on the original “CSI” in 2012.

Ernest Borgnine:
The best actor Oscar-winner for the Paddy Chayefsky-penned drama “Marty” found another great success, captaining a World War II PT boat in “McHale's Navy.”

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Ernest Borgnine:
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Glenn Close:
The actress has six Oscar nominations, most recently a best actress nod for “Albert Nobbs,” butshe has earned 12 Emmy nominations, winning three times: for “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story” and twice for “Damages.”

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Harry Dean Stanton:
Stanton worked a lot in television in the 1950s and 1960s, but from the 1970s on, he was almost exclusively seen on the big screen until 2006, when at age 79, he took on the role of self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist leader Roman Grant in the HBO series “Big Love.”

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James Garner:
“Maverick” and television made Garner a star in the first place. He parlayed that into movie stardom in such films as “The Great Escape,” “Grand Prix” and “Support Your Local Sheriff, only to find his greatest success on the small screen win “The Rockford Files.”

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James Garner:
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Madeleine Stowe:
ABC's nighttime soap “Revenge” would not be nearly so sweet if Stowe hadn't sought better opportunities on television and landed the juicy role of an uber-wealthy and oh-so-very evil family matriarch.

Kevin Costner:
The star of “Dances with Wolves” and “Bull Durham” is notable in that there are almost no television credits on his resume until last year when he made the jump starring in the miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys.” The small-screen experiment was a success: Costner won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

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Kyra Sedgwick/Kevin Bacon:
This long-married couple met when they co-starred in “Lemon Sky” (1988) on PBS' American Playhouse. He was already a movie star, while her film career was about to start in earnest. Then she found great success on “The Closer,” while his first major foray into series TV “The Following” was just renewed for a second season.

Loretta Young:
Young won an Oscar for her 1947 role in "The Farmer's Daughter" and went on to her fame on TV with the anthology series "The Loretta Young Show."

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Rob Lowe:
Twenty years after making his movie debut in Francis Ford Coppola's “The Outsiders,” Lowe injected new life into his career with his role of presidential press secretary Sam Seaborn in “The West Wing,” before going on to star in “Brothers & Sisters” and “Parks and Recreation.”

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Sandra Oh:
In her native Canada, Oh was a movie star who won awards for “Double Happiness” (1994) and “Last Night” (1998). Although American audiences know her from such movies as “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “Sideways.” it's on TV where she's played Dr. Cristina Yang on “Grey's Anatomy” that she's found her greatest success.

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Steve Buscemi:
The star of such movies as “Fargo” and “Ghost World” tested the TV series' waters in 2004 with a one-season arc in “The Sopranos.” He's since found success with his starring role on HBO's “Boardwalk Empire,” for which he has received two Emmy nominations.

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Whoopi Goldberg:
A best actress Academy Award nominee for “The Color Purple” (1985) and a best supporting actress winner for “Ghost” (1990), Goldberg has perhaps found her greatest success as a television talking head in role since 2005 as a co-host of “The View.”

Zooey Deschanel:
The star of “The Happening” and “(500) Days of Summer” has found a comfortable new home on the small screen with the Fox sitcom “The New Girl,” which was just renewed for a third season.